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others. It was generally considered Maximus should have won. 

 Mrs. Hoare brought out a chocolate coloured puppy in Drachen, 

 bred by Mr. Wootten by Zigzag ex Hagar, a subsequent litter 

 to Zeyn, when he won third open class, second puppy class, 

 and third in the produce stakes. In the open bitch class some 

 astonishment was caused when Mr. Askwith's Shotover was placed 

 ist and Mr. Hazlewood's Schlank 2nd, when such good dachs- 

 hunds as Mr. Wootten's Zulima, Mrs. Hoare's Rapunzel, and 

 Zither, and Lady (now owned by Mr. Knight Bruce) were in the 

 class. Wiggle came out at this show, but was only h.c. She 

 was a nice type of dachshund, but weakish in loin. 



Warwick show was now becoming popular, and the dachshunds 

 benched there in 1884 were a particularly good lot. Mr. Walker's 

 entry at that show consisted of Ozone, Maximus, Hagar, Culoz (an 

 imported dog), Zulima, and Zinnia a team that could not at that 

 time be beaten by any kennel. Culoz was only a fair dachshund,, 

 he being short in body and not typical in head. Mrs. P. Merrik 

 Hoare had also a strong kennel of dachshunds at this time. The 

 puppies by Faust ex Zulette were most successful on the bench, 

 although several of them were not good in colour. Wagtail, 

 exhibited by the writer, came out at Tunbridge Wells, when 

 he won ist. She was sister to Lady (subsequent litter) but much 

 smaller, with a beautiful head, and ears set on very low. Wagtail 

 distinguished herself by winning the prix d'honneur for the 

 best dachshund of all classes two years viz., 1885 and 1886 at 

 the show of the Royal St. Hubert Society at Brussels ; and still 

 further distinguished herself by breeding the celebrated Jackdaw, 

 who has generally been considered the most typical and best all- 

 round dachshund we have had. 



At the Kennel Club show at the Crystal Palace, in January, 

 1885, a very good lot of young dachshunds came out; these 

 included Mr. Ingram's Sphinx and Isis, Mrs. P. M. Hoare's 

 Kirsch, Edelweiss, and Graf III., the writer's Joubert and Joan of 

 Arc. Joubert had previously won first at Cheltenham. The dog 

 puppy class had twenty-seven entries, and the bitch class twenty- 



